spalten
Danish
Noun
spalten c
German
Etymology
From Middle High German spalten (strong verb), from Old High German spaltan, ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *spilþijan (“to destroy, spoil, ruin”).[1] Cognate with English spald (“to split”), Danish spalte (“to split”), Norwegian Bokmål spalte (“to split”), Swedish spalta (“to split”).
Pronunciation
Verb
spalten (mixed, third-person singular present spaltet, past tense spaltete, past participle gespalten, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | spalten | ||||
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present participle | spaltend | ||||
past participle | gespalten | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich spalte | wir spalten | i | ich spalte | wir spalten |
du spaltest | ihr spaltet | du spaltest | ihr spaltet | ||
er spaltet | sie spalten | er spalte | sie spalten | ||
preterite | ich spaltete | wir spalteten | ii | ich spaltete1 | wir spalteten1 |
du spaltetest | ihr spaltetet | du spaltetest1 | ihr spaltetet1 | ||
er spaltete | sie spalteten | er spaltete1 | sie spalteten1 | ||
imperative | spalt (du) spalte (du) |
spaltet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Other forms are weak past participle gespaltet and older strong forms spält, spielt.
Related terms
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “spill”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading
- “spalten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “spalten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “spalten” in Duden online
- “spalten” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
spalten m or f
Swedish
Noun
spalten
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